title: Cost of anaesthesia.
abstract: The major contributory factor to the cost of anesthesia today are the increases in medical salaries that have kept pace with inflation, commanding 68% of the total expenditure. The current position has been compared with that of 20 years ago. This outline could be used as a framework for departmental budgeting.
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000191:economics*; D000777:Anesthetics; D002017:Budgets; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013523:Surgical Equipment / Q000191:economics; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics